Quantum radar

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hwyltg

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May 1, 2014
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Long Island
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420 Sundancer 2004
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Cummins 6CTA 8.3 V Drives
Has anyone had a problem getting your MFD to recognize a Quantum Radome? I removed my open array and replaced it with the dome (for local bridge clearance Issues). Now the a127 doesn’t see the Radome. Very frustrating!
 
What firmware revision is your MFD? Wired or WiFi? It might need an update. Look on the Raymarine forum, there should be a lot of info. It could be the radome has newer firmware than the MFD, and not compatible.

I would call Raymarine on Monday and have them talk you through the procedure. I can’t recall specifics but you might have to update in a specific order, including down grading to a previous version on the MFD, and then connecting the radar and bring the system up to date.

This might help, but there might be other troubleshooting how tos on their website...

https://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?tid=10976


https://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?tid=1010
 
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dtfeld said:
What firmware revision is your MFD? Wired or WiFi? It might need an update. Look on the Raymarine forum, there should be a lot of info. It could be the radome has newer firmware than the MFD, and not compatible.

I would call Raymarine on Monday and have them talk you through the procedure. I can’t recall specifics but you might have to update in a specific order, including down grading to a previous version on the MFD, and then connecting the radar and bring the system up to date.

This might help, but there might be other troubleshooting how tos on their website...

https://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?tid=10976


https://forum.raymarine.com/showthread.php?tid=1010
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Thanks for the response....I’ll call on Monday!
 
I have a Quantum radar WIFI system and recently it won't connect to the gs165. The gs165 sees the quantum but just wont connect. I don't get it. I reset the pass key but still wont work. I have no reason to even have a radar so I have not sweated it but I do need to figure it out. I worked flawlessly for a year then this.
Carpe Diem
 
If your at the dock, other WiFi signals may overwhelm you signal. Does it help to try and connect seat from the dock?
 
dtfeld said:
If your at the dock, other WiFi signals may overwhelm you signal. Does it help to try and connect seat from the dock?
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I have tried both at the dock as well as underway far from competing WIFI signals. I need to log in to the Ray Marine Forum and see what advice they have to offer.
Carpe Diem
 
Carpediem44DB said:
I have tried both at the dock as well as underway far from competing WIFI signals. I need to log in to the Ray Marine Forum and see what advice they have to offer.
Carpe Diem
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I just found my issue. The dealer sells a “Y” splitter to connect the existing Ray Cable to the Quantum. That splitter was not allowing the a127 to get a signal from the dome. I installed the Separate cables that came with the new Quantum ......the power cable was much larger than the old one. The system fired right up and recognized the Quantum immediately.
 
I installed the data cable along with the power cable expecting to avoid WiFi issues. I prefer wired data when available (even at the house). Corrosion might become and issue eventually, but I still have wifi as the back up.
 
hwyltg said:
I just found my issue. The dealer sells a “Y” splitter to connect the existing Ray Cable to the Quantum. That splitter was not allowing the a127 to get a signal from the dome. I installed the Separate cables that came with the new Quantum ......the power cable was much larger than the old one. The system fired right up and recognized the Quantum immediately.
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I did a similar conversion to yours recently and used that "Y" splitter (part #A80308) first without problem. Basically it's just using the single cable from the open array which includes power and data. But I eventually ran the two cable set up from the dash to the dome and it worked too.
I never tried the WiFi route.
 
Jaws said:
I did a similar conversion to yours recently and used that "Y" splitter (part #A80308) first without problem. Basically it's just using the single cable from the open array which includes power and data. But I eventually ran the two cable set up from the dash to the dome and it worked too.
I never tried the WiFi route.
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I may just go hard wire myself from the gs165. I dint know that was an option.
CD
 
update, I ran a Ray Net cable from the Quantum Radar to the gc165 today and viola, I have radar again. I was always leery of relying on a wifi signal to transmit the radar data to the MFD. I should have installed the Raynet cable from the get go.
CD
 
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